[smanoj77]

I have the DTR lights option ticked on the idrive settings menu, but the lights don't come on when the light knob is in the 0 position, which is what should happen according to the manual. Can anyone shed any light on this issue?...no pun intended.

[ddd269]

The DRL should be on regardless whether the knob is in 0 or auto. Mine stays on until the option is unticked.

[PoleApart]

Originally Posted by smanoj77

I have the DTR lights option ticked on the idrive settings menu, but the lights don't come on when the light knob is in the 0 position, which is what should happen according to the manual. Can anyone shed any light on this issue?...no pun intended.

Mine are on when on 0

[raleedy]

Ignition circuit powered?

[smanoj77]

Thx for the reply guys, I have to get in touch with my dealer tomorow and see if they can sort it out.

[smanoj77]

Originally Posted by raleedy

Ignition circuit powered?

Yes, the lights does not come on with the engine running and the DRL option ticked.

[ddd269]

Originally Posted by smanoj77

Yes, the lights does not come on with the engine running and the DRL option ticked.

I hope they'll sort it out quickly. It's so pretty with the DRL on. I'm glad BMW finally decided to do away with that ugly yellowish DRL. The only bad thing though... If you park at night with the engine running or acc on, the DRL will stay on. Wished the DRL had a smart switch to identify when the car is in P. It's annoying when you're listening to the radio while waiting for someone and everybody thinks that you're ready to leave your parking spot. Oh well, I guess you can't have it all.

Funny thing... I noticed that the rear lights comes on too, at night, along with the DRL (or is this part of the "welcome" light?) can't remember if the car was running or in acc mode. Many features overlap so it's hard to tell which is activated individually or along with other. Don't have the time to test nowadays... too busy.

[smanoj77]

Originally Posted by ddd269

Funny thing... I noticed that the rear lights comes on too, at night, along with the DRL (or is this part of the "welcome" light?) can't remember if the car was running or in acc mode. Many features overlap so it's hard to tell which is activated individually or along with other. Don't have the time to test nowadays... too busy.

If I remember correctly, the rear LED lights are part of the DRL.

[AndyMK]

Did you ever get this fixed? If so, what was the problem? I have this on my 520D also. Halogen Lights, not Xenon.

Thanks

[DARE U]

DRL is powered by LED and the headlight is powered by bi-xenon. That's why when you 1st turn on the headlight, its kinda white color but slowly it will turn into yellowish again.

[northernmonkey]

not sure when my car was built (think it was Nov/Dec 2010) but I tested this today and found the desired setup I wanted for winter driving as follows (i have the visibility pack):

- ignition off
- turn headlight master switch to "A"
- in i-drive toggle "daytime running lights" to ON i.e check the box

with this combination I get the following behaviour:

- daylight driving, angel eye's, rear lights on.

- lowlight conditions or driving through tunnel/under flyover or M'way bridge, low beams activate. Low beams deactivate once back into daylight

- night time conditions, low beams automatically on

this behaviour is exactly what I wanted....seems to contradict what i'd read in other threads so not sure if the s/w on the headlight modules has been changed or if the light sensor is set differently on recent builds but for me it works how i expected it work with these settings.

[Alan48]

If you have the standard Halogen lights (UK) then the only way to get Angel Eyes on in isolation is to set your lights to 'side lights'. If you're expecting Angel Eyes only with DRL ticked and lights set to Auto then you're going to be disappointed (as I was), as this also illuminates dipped beam.

[northernmonkey]

Alan48 makes a good point, I should have clarified in the UK the visibility pack basically = Xenon's, high beam assist, adaptive headlights and headlamp wash. but its not a standard pack in the UK its extra.

so it sounds like the behaviour is different depending on lights you have and/or maybe the build date which i guess could affect things like software versions on the light modules/controllers.

[AndyMK]

Currently, If the light switch is in position 0, i.e off and DRL's are selected, I get NO lights. This is different to what the manual states.

Can anyone confirm this is correct, as the dealer does not seem to know.

Thanks

[northernmonkey]

you got xenon or halogen? seems to be differences in way two work. xenon's on mine and i get DRL (angel eyes) if DRL on in i-drive and switch set to "A". will check later what happens if switch is "0"

[joy5]

We discussed the same or similar matter in here...

http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=441638

Hope this helps !

[smanoj77]

Originally Posted by AndyMK

Currently, If the light switch is in position 0, i.e off and DRL's are selected, I get NO lights. This is different to what the manual states.

Can anyone confirm this is correct, as the dealer does not seem to know.

Thanks

This was the problem with my car. The light won't switch on "0" position when the DLR option is ticked on idrive. According to the manual, it should switch on. I've taken the car to the dealer. They had the car for a day and finally said they have send my software to HQ and is awaiting advice from them. This was over a month ago. Still no reply

[AndyMK]

Had an email back from my dealer today saying they'd heard back from BMW, which said there was no fault it's meant to be like that.......anyway, still waiting back to hear from another route into BMW, so who knows.

Thanks for the reply, if I hear anything else back I'll let ya know

[JOHNBMWM5]

Originally Posted by AndyMK

Currently, If the light switch is in position 0, i.e off and DRL's are selected, I get NO lights. This is different to what the manual states.

Can anyone confirm this is correct, as the dealer does not seem to know.

Thanks

This is NOT right to me, my M3 and M6 and X6 all worked as you describe " light switch in "O" position" DRL selected and they are ON.
It would be logical to carry this trend on to the F10 series!!.

[joy5]

Little old topic, many of you may have discovered the UK story on DRL.

I had my car to 2 dealerships in Scotland and both had it in the analyser to check the lights. Nothing was wrong on DRL or anything to do with lights.

Conclusion is;
If you have Xenon you will have the Angel Eyes (rings) on as your DRL. But if you have the standard Halogen (like me) you won't get only the angel eyes on, but you will have the dipped headlights on as well.

I was told this is because the Xenons are powerful than the Halogens and it's why they worked like that :|

[Rochdale Pioneers]

I'm sure the owner manual in iDrive tells me that Halogen lights means DRL = dipped.

If you want to preserve your bulbs, twizzle the switch to side lights.

[karmakal]

Originally Posted by PoleApart

Mine are on when on 0

This